Francesca Brava, Music Director
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Song,Year,Composers,Made Famous By
Come Take a Trip in My Airship,1904,George Evans and Ren Shields,J.W. Myers; Johnny Cash; Natalie Merchant
Keep on the Sunny Side of Life,1899,Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle,Carter Family; The Whites (2000 movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”)
How Great Thou Art,1885,Carl Gustav Boberg and Swedish traditional melody,George Beverly Shea; Elvis Presley; Dolly Parton; Carrie Underwood
School Days,1907,Will Cobb and Gus Edwards,Byron G. Harlan; Billy Murray and Ada Jones; Tiny Tim
There’s a Long, Long Trail,1914,Stoddard King and Alonzo “Zo” Elliott,George W. Ballard; Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
Beautiful Dreamer,1864,Stephen Foster,Bing Crosby; Roy Orbison; Several films including “Gone with the Wind” and several TV shows
Under the Bridges of Paris,1914,Jean Rodor and Vincent Scotto,Eartha Kitt; Dean Martin; Michel Legrand
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree,1905,Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne,In “The Wizard of Oz”; Warner Bros cartoons; Several parodies
America the Beautiful,1895,Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward,American patriotic song; Ray Charles
Blest Be the Tie That Binds,1861,John Fawcett,Popular hymn
By the Light of the Silvery Moon,1909,Gus Edwards and Edward Madden,Fats Waller; Doris Day; Etta James
Art Thou Weary, Art Thou Languid,1882,St. Stephen of Mar Sabas and H.W. Baker,Popular hymn
In the Evening by the Moonlight,1879,James Bland,Nina Simone; Bing Crosby
Kentucky Babe,1896,Richard Henry Buck and Adam Geibel,Lennon Sisters; Dean Martin; Bing Crosby; Perry Como
In the Good Old Summer Time,1902,George Evans and Ren Shields,Movie by the same name with Judy Garland singing; Nat King Cole
This is My Father’s World,1901,Maltbie Davenport Babcock and Franklin L. Sheppard,Popular hymn; Amy Grant; Several movies
You Made Me Love You…I Didn’t Want to Do It,1913,James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy,Al Jolson; Judy Garland; Patsy Cline; Aretha Franklin; Olivia Newton-John; Several movies and TV shows
Down by the Old Mill Stream,1910,Tell Taylor,Mitch Miller; Bing Crosby; Nat King Cole
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland,1909,Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman,Bing Crosby (alone and with Frank Sinatra and separately with Rosemary Clooney); Judy Garland
My Melancholy Baby,1912,George A. Norton and Ernie Burnett,Bing Crosby; Judy Garland; William Frawley; Several movies
Largo,1738,George Friedrich Handel,From the opera Serse (Xerxes)
Kiss Me Again,1905,Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert,Written as part of Mademoiselle Modiste, a comic opera; Beverly Sills; Kate Smith
In the Garden,1912,Charles Austin Miles,Roy Rogers and Dale Evans; Tennessee Ernie Ford; Perry Como; Rosemary Clooney; Doris Day; Elvis Presley; Willie Nelson; Johnny Cash; Glen Campbell
Wayfaring Stranger,Early 19th century,American folk and gospel song – attribution unknown,Johnny Cash; Burl Ives; Joan Baez; Several movies
His Eye is On the Sparrow,1905,Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel,Ethel Waters; Mahalia Jackson; Marvin Gaye; Several movies
Toyland,1903,Glen MacDonough and Victor Herbert,Part of 1903 operetta “Babes in Toyland” and later Disney movie of same name; Doris Day; Johnny Mathis
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder,1893,James Milton Black,Loretta Lynn; Johnny Cash; Jim Nabors; Willie Nelson
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